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    BUXTON, North Carolina (WRAL) — Cape Hatteras National Seashore is asking people to avoid the beach and stay out of the water in Buxton after a home collapsed into the water.

On Tuesday, officials said a home on Tower Circle Road had collapsed into the Atlantic. A pre-existing beach safety closure from the north end of Buxton to around off-road vehicle ramp 43 may need to be expanded depending on the extent of the debris, according to authorities.

Area leaders said this house is the 12th to collapse in the past five years in the Rodanthe and Buxton area.

“There are about 40 of them that are sitting right there in the shore break. And I would say out of those, there’s probably about 4 or 5 that look like they’re kinda ready to go,” said Donny Bowers, a Buxton native who was on the beach just moments after the home collapsed.

“Nothing is done until it’s on the verge of catastrophic and then the only thing anyone can do is abandon,” he continued.

WRAL News previously reported about how many sea level rise experts believe there are areas of barrier islands that are not ideal for development.

Rodanthe has become the focal point in the national conversation about the impacts of climate change on sea level rise in coastal areas.

When homes fall, they leave behind dangerous debris that can scatter for miles along the shoreline. A routine Reide Corbett said he knows all too well.

“These homes are extremely vulnerable,” said Corbett, Executive Director of the Coastal Studies Institute at ECU. “The process that’s leading to these challenges isn’t going away.”

He said beach nourishment is a temporary and expensive fix that will only buy time before the inevitable.

“There is a discussion about hardened shorelines, jetties. These are not solutions, and they are certainly not solutions for North Carolina,” he said. “I want to work with these homeowners and Dare County as a whole to find solutions. It’s not going to be easy, but we need to engage in these conversations.”

Outer Banks visitors are also asked to avoid the north end of Rodanthe due to threatened oceanfront structures.

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    BEVERLY HILLS, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Local News Beverly Hills residents concerned by “palm tree tourists” stopping in street to take selfies with city’s landscape losangeles By Gio Insignares, September 17, 2025 / 10:57 PM PDT / KCAL News

Though Beverly Hills is well-known for having some of the world’s most iconic palm tree-lined streets, residents are beginning to grow tired of “palm tree tourists” stopping in the street to snap photos of the city’s iconic landscapes.

They say that the concerning trend really took off thanks to social media and influencers, with groups of people flooding popular streets like Rodeo Drive, Beverly Drive and Cañon Drive.

“It’s definitely taking a risk,” said Jeremiah Cox, a Beverly Hills resident. “Because I drive through there all the time, and sometimes people are in the middle of the street, and you have to honk.”

Visitors say that with so many iconic locations, it’s hard to pass up on a perfect photo.

“Pictures with the palms and the streets; it is iconic,” said two tourists. “Every spot that you have here, it’s like, ‘Okay, I need to take a photo because it’s so beautiful.'”

City leaders say that there has always been a presence of people taking pictures, but that they’re taking the sudden spike in popularity, and the safety concerns associated with it, very seriously.

“At the end of the day, this is a hazard for everyone involved — the pedestrians in the street and the drivers as well,” said Beverly Hills City Manager Keith Sterling.

He says that police have stepped up their patrols in popular areas, stopping visitors from entering the roads and having them move to a safer place. While they continue trying to find ways to address the concerns, city leaders also say that police are using cameras and drones to monitor trouble spots.

So far, Sterling said that they’re making sure that people are educated and aware of the dangers, but that citations are a real possibility if the behavior continues.

“We hope it doesn’t get to that, but if we need to go there, we will,” Sterling said.

In August, the Beverly Hills City Council debated creating a designated photo island, but was concerned that it would lead to even larger crowds and more chaos.

“It’s kind of a way of life in Beverly Hills, but it can’t be at the expense of public safety, not only for the people in the streets, but for our residents,” Sterling said.

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    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A teenager has been convicted of working with extremist groups in Syria with the intent of carrying out terrorist attacks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, specifically targeting the Philly Pride Parade, the Army-Navy game and other events in the city.

Muhyyee-Ud-din Abdul-Rahman, 19, was found guilty in a jury trial on Wednesday of attempting to possess weapons of mass destruction and risking a catastrophe, among other charges, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced in a press conference.

“The evidence in the case indicated that a Philadelphian, 17 years of age, in our opinion, self-radicalized or was radicalized, and wanted to be a bomb maker for terrorists,” Krasner said. “His desire to be a bomb maker for terrorists resulted in multiple tests of actual bombs. Resulted in a search for potential targets for what we believe was a terrorist bombing in the Philadelphia area and within the United States.”

Abdul-Rahman plotted to attack events in Philadelphia, including the city’s Pride parade and the Army-Navy football game, a Black university, the Valley Forge Military Academy in Delaware County and nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Krasner’s office said in a news release.

Abdul-Rahman was arrested in August 2023 when he was 17. Announcing Abdul-Rahman’s arrest, Krasner called the teen “an aspiring terrorist.”

Law enforcement said Abdul-Rahman had communicated with Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad, or KTJ, and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, which are designated global terrorism groups by the U.S. government.

First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee said Wednesday that the teen acquired a passport and planned on going to Syria, never to return to the U.S.

“He said he was not planning to target any place in the United States, but every indication that we have was that he was,” Listenbee said.

The teen sent and received media containing terrorism propaganda and guidance on committing criminal attacks, including how to make a bomb, the FBI previously said.

“The specific type of bombs that he was in the process of creating included TATP, which is one of the most volatile and destructive weapons imaginable,” Listenbee said.

Listenbee said Abdul-Rahman attempted to make a TATP in his backyard but “didn’t get the ingredients right.” The assistant first district attorney added that Abdul-Rahman had between 12 and 20 attempts of trying to make bombs.

Investigators found that Abdul-Rahman was searching online for potential targets in the Philadelphia area and evidence of hatred for the LGBTQ+ community, prosecutors said. Listenbee and Krasner said Wednesday there were 8,000 searches.

“This individual had a grievance, a grievance against homosexuality. He asked the questions in one of his searches, ‘What is the punishment for homosexuality in Sharia Law?’ Which is the Muslim law, as I understand it,” Listenbee said. “He then also indicated in a statement that he felt that the homosexual agenda in the United States was too extensive, along with some of the conservative agendas of the Proud Boys and others. He indicated all along that he wanted to become a bomber, no question about it.”

Customs and Border Protection records showed 14 international shipments of military and tactical gear shipped to the teen’s West Philadelphia address.

Prosecutors said Abdul-Rahman was being held on $5 million bond. Krasner said prosecutors will be back in court Wednesday afternoon to determine Abdul-Rahman’s bail status.

Stephanie Ballesteros and Dan Snyder contributed to this report.

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    JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — The uncle of Matthew Silverstone, one of the students shot by a fellow student at Evergreen High School in Colorado last week, talked about the teenager’s recovery one week after the shooting. At 12:24 p.m. Sept. 10, a 16-year-old student began shooting inside and outside the school, injuring two students before he turned the gun on himself and died.

Matthew was critically injured in the shooting and has what his family has called “a long road” ahead for his recovery.

“There’s so much more to Matthew than that. So much life. So much love,” said his uncle.

The comments came in a video of Kris Koehler was released by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday afternoon that showed him talking about his nephew and describing what kind of person he is, along with what remains to be a long road of recovery for the 18-year-old.

“He’s still fighting for his life every day, and we have glimmers of hope. We take every little baby step in the right direction and celebrate it,” said Koehler. “But to see him, to see him there, it’s great when he will squeeze a hand, but at the same time, it’s so painful to see that anyone, especially a kid, but anyone, would have to endure that.”

Koehler said in the video that he’s one of four proud uncles and said that he was talking on behalf of Matthew’s mom, his uncles, his sisters and the rest of the family.

Matthew’s uncle described the teen as an “ordinary teenage boy” who “loves his friends” and is at the skate park almost every day, until he’s told to go home.” He also said that Matthew would go out of his way to help anyone who needed it.

His uncle said that Matthew’s mother adopted him when he was just about six months old and that she hasn’t left his bedside at the hospital since the shooting.

“She has had this feeling of she failed him by not being there to protect him. To guard him from letting this happen,” said Kris Koehler.

Matthew is one of three children in a single parent family. All are adopted. Matthew was about six months old when his mother gained custody of him and his uncle says Matthew had been in an abusive situation.

“To know that history, to know that that’s the start he had, makes all of this just a bit even more unfair,” Koehler shared.

“She just has so much love, so much love to share with everybody, and that, really, Matthew, really has absorbed that that’s made him the person that he is. She’s the living example of that,” said Koehler.

Now there is a new challenge for Matthew and his family.

“Matthew is still fighting. My sister is going to do everything she can to help him in that fight. You know, as a single mother of three, she is the rock of our family. It’s now our turn to get as much support for her as we possibly can.”

Koehler also read some of the cards the family has received, some from students and others from the community, calling Matthew a hero for what he did the day of the shooting, “telling people to get away when they were coming back from lunch,” and to “please get better soon.”

Evergreen High School students do not have school this week with school officials informing students and families about the return to school process on Sunday, after all students have had the chance to take a school-wide survey.

In the meantime, Matthew remains in a hospital bed. So far, an online fundraising campaign has raised about half the goal.

“I want to people to know that Matthew is still fighting. It’s going to be a long road. We are coming to grips with what could potentially be a life-long recovery. And all of the needs and extra burdens that’s going to put on my sister.”

But his nephew remains an inspiration.

“Matthew is not only my nephew, but he’s now my hero,” said Koehler.

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    LAKE TAHOE, California (KPIX) — A mother black bear and her cub are causing quite the stir in South Lake Tahoe, as some neighbors are now rallying community support for the duo.

It comes as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed to CBS Sacramento on Wednesday that they are monitoring the bears and plan to euthanize the mother, which is identified by its tag number as bear number 753.

“CDFW had determined that the bear is ‘habituated’ – meaning it has learned to associate people, homes and neighborhoods as sources of food and has become completely reliant and dependent on those human food sources. Consequently, CDFW has determined that management action is required, and bear 753 has been approved for lethal removal,” a spokesperson for the agency told CBS Sacramento in a statement.

On both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, Tahoe’s nonprofit BEAR League and south shore neighbors teamed up to call attention to the plans and send a message that bears should not be killed. They hosted a roadside protest near the Tahoe Keys Marina.

The Tahoe community has lovingly named the mother, Hope, and her playful cub, Bounce.

“We want to evolve. We want to coexist,” said Staci Baker at the roadside rally Wednesday night.

Baker is a veterinarian of 30 years in the greater Tahoe region.

“We can be kinder and smarter. We can do this as a community. We don’t want CDFW trapping and slaughtering anymore,” Baker said.

The CDFW said the approved “lethal removal” follows a series of more than a dozen home break-ins by the bears this summer.

“This sow and now its dependent cub have repeatedly broken into homes, including occupied homes and including situations that were no fault of the property owners. Obviously, this creates an unsafe situation when an adult bear is actively looking to break into homes and other buildings. From our long experience in the Tahoe Basin and other parts of the state, this conflict behavior is likely to continue and escalate over time as the bears persist in seeking out human food sources. While this bear has not shown aggressive behavior toward people, that is too often the outcome in situations such as this, once a bear has lost its natural fear of people,” a spokesperson for the agency told CBS Sacramento.

Kathi Zollinger, a volunteer team leader for the BEAR League, says she has been working round-the-clock daily to humanely ‘haze’ the bears with paintball guns, vehicles and other non-lethal options to help push the bears back to the wild where they belong.

“People call and we will go haze her out of mainly the keys, sometimes up to 9 hours a day,” said Zollinger, describing the work as a full-time job.

She says now it feels like time is running out since CDFW confirmed its plans to euthanize the mother.

“I cry regularly about it. It’s awful they think the only thing they can do is kill the bear,” Zollinger said. “She’s not the only one doing this. There are six moms in the area we are aware of. What are they going to do? Kill them all? That is ridiculous.”

Zollinger says the BEAR League would rather see the animals relocated and even offered to pay for it.

“It’s not the perfect answer but it’s better than her being dead,” Zollinger said. “You can’t kill your way out of this. That doesn’t solve the problem.”

CBS Sacramento asked CDFW what will happen to ‘Bounce’ the cub if its mother is euthanized.

“The cub will be evaluated if and when we are able to catch it. Our goal was to get the cub into a permitted wildlife rehabilitation facility – to break this generational pattern of human conflict and home invasions – and return it to the wild in the spring when it is big enough and old enough to care for itself and when there are a lot of natural resources on the landscape to support its transition to being a wild bear,” a spokesperson for CDFW responded.

The agency clarified it is not actively setting traps for any bears in this area at this time.

BEAR League advocates disagree with CDFW’s approach and say human error can be at least partly to blame for the “break-ins.”

Zollinger says in several cases their group believes home doors were left unlocked or windows were left open, which allowed the bears easy entry and says they cannot be blamed for searching for food to survive in bear country, where the loss of habitat is threatening their kind.

“We do want people to learn how to coexist with the bears. We do that through education. We want people to wire their homes now,” Zollinger said.

She says electric wiring homes in the Tahoe region, which will administer a non-lethal shock when the bears get too close, is the best way to save the animals and protect property.

They also advocate that Tahoe neighbors keep their doors and windows shut and locked, properly secure and dispose of garbage, clean up fallen fruit from trees in their yards and actively work to scare away any bears near a home so they do not get too comfortable.

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    CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. (CTV Network) — The global cocoa shortage has hit a Prince Edward Island ice-cream shop, jeopardizing a fan favourite.

Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour in Summerside, P.E.I. is testing new cocoa powders after its go-to was taken off the shelves amid a global shortage, owner Daniel Meister says.

The shop has backup batches in the freezer while it searches for the right replacement with similar fat content, pH and colour. Alternatives exist, but some cost up to four times more than before.

“We wouldn’t dare take chocolate ice cream out of the lineup. It’s a very, very popular flavour,” Meister said. “It’s a staple… it’s not really something we can take off the menu.”

Holman’s previously paid $9.99 for 700 grams. Over the last couple of years, that rose to $20. But the shop needs much bigger quantities. One product they’re testing goes for $600 for a 20-kilogram bag. Meister says that bag might cover five or six batches.

“It makes a significant difference in our cost,” he said. “Can we find something that matches the quality that we’re expecting while also not bankrupting ourselves or having to pass on that cost to our customers?”

Holman’s isn’t alone, Meister says. Recently, another business in the area couldn’t find cocoa and posted on social media asking for a supplier. The Holman’s team ran over with a few packages they had in store to tide them over.The math matters even more for small businesses managing their margins. Holman’s raised prices by $1 across the board earlier this year and hopes to keep them steady next.

Cocoa costs have surged since late 2023 due to production challenges in countries including Ghana and the Ivory Coast, which experts link to climate change.

Some companies have cut cocoa-related products altogether, says food expert Sylvain Charlebois, a visiting scholar at McGill University’s Faculty of Agriculture.

“They knew they couldn’t sell some of these products at a higher price, essentially. So, they stopped carrying some of these products,” Charlebois said.

His advice to businesses and manufacturers across the Maritimes and the country is not to rely on a single source. Instead, he said it’s safer to have a few suppliers for important ingredients.

“I wish I could say that there is some good news, but it’s quite problematic,” Charlebois said. “The same is happening with coffee…prices are way up.”

Holman’s is known for making more than 100 handcrafted flavours, with 16 on the daily rotation. The shop says that while some recipes may shift, the standard won’t.

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